Barbara Throws a Wobbler

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Barbara is in a very bad mood. She won't admit it, but she is. She has a problem with a sock, and at lunchtime there's a strange pea...

And even though she's at the park with her friends, it all just gets a bit much. Suddenly Barbara's WOBBLER is out of control! But what if Barbara and her Wobbler can work together, so she can be cheerful again?

Winner of the UKLA Award and shortlisted for the Oscar's Book Prize and the FCBG Children's Book Award, Barbara Throws A Wobbler is a brilliantly funny and sensitive way to understand and deal with tantrums.

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Barbara is in a very bad mood. She won't admit it, but she is. She has a problem with a sock, and at lunchtime there's a strange pea...

And even though she's at the park with her friends, it all just gets a bit much. Suddenly Barbara's WOBBLER is out of control! But what if Barbara and her Wobbler can work together, so she can be cheerful again?

Winner of the UKLA Award and shortlisted for the Oscar's Book Prize and the FCBG Children's Book Award, Barbara Throws A Wobbler is a brilliantly funny and sensitive way to understand and deal with tantrums.

If you would like to be invoiced for this product (or would like a different quantity), please email julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk with an order number and we’ll be happy to help.

We love this book because it is:

  • a hilarious tale of frustration & tantrums

  • about learning to recognise and deal with emotions

  • fun of vivid illustrations that perfectly capture how small frustrations build and can become over-whleming

  • about helping others

Learning opportunities:

  • PSED: recognising & controlling emotions

  • PSED: discuss situations/scenarios that might make you feel frustrated/angry

  • PSED: mindfullness

  • PSED: friendship

  • C&L: use the facial expressions in the book to discuss Barbara’s building emotions

  • C&L: add speech bubbles to some of Barbara’s friends. How would they respond to her?

  • C&L: re-tell the story from Barbara’s point of view

  • Art: use colour and facial expressions to show different emotions on a made-up character

Barbara Throws a Wobbler Teaching Ideas PDF

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